Lack of midcore content

[Sylvain]

IMO the first two tiers of savage have been extremely midcore all of Stormblood. I always just pug em up as if I would an ex trial and it usually takes the same amount of time to clear. Shinryu and Thordan were outliers even compared to savage, more like 2.5s or arguably even on the same difficulty as 3. I think there's an equal amount of MC as harder content, it's casual content that there is disproportionately too much of. At the very least they could add hard mode dungeons or something. I know it's a casual game but still...

I agree the first two tier of savage are rather easy and exactly have the kind of difficulty i'm refering there as "midcore"

But unfortunately, "it's only two bosses you do once a week"
Unless you're extremely unlucky with your group, that's done within 30-45min when server reset on tuesday

I agree with Lala Yuki, everything up to Sigma 2.0 savage is "casual" content, but then again 3.0/4.0 are not hardcore by any stretch and the hardest part is finding a group.

Sure the game could use more extreme/savage fights but you also need to push yourself because savage is the content you are looking for. .

Oh I know that too well, I used to be in a very hardcore guild in WoW cata (before university and "life" kicked in), the problem I currently have is that the people I play with just aren't savage player. (especially my bf)
So... I somewhat progress slowly trying to make them come with me (doesn't work all that well)

And i'm just stuck in that eternal loop of

friends: there's nothing to do
me : we could do os6 ^^?
friends: no fuck pf people just keep dying on stupid stuff
me: yeah.... but when it's done you can join kill group and it's faster
friends: don't care. let's do expert
me : yay... expert #cry

As much as this is very personal issue, I'm pretty sure many player would kinda enjoy more stuff in between savage and expert

Tsukuyomi is a great fight. It's simplistic but creative. It's easy but not too boring.

Byakko on the other hand, goddamn. That 2minute interlude you can't skip zzzzzzZZZZZZZZZZZ. They should really let you be able to skip it if you can dps the tiger down in time.

Unpopular opinion but I really enjoyed Shinryu and Thordan. It's nice to get a couple of trials that aren't a complete face roll.

I kow right! Tsuku is just an amazing fight (dps check is easy so you can easily carry new player too)
I personally really loved Byakko, but I agree the interlude could have been more exciting, perhaps if it wasn't scripted and actually something random.
And I love shinryu but god finding a group for that boss is hard.